Mine detail: Dracut Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 42.66667, -71.29947

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Cobalt, Nickel
Other material: Augite, Hypersthene, Pentlandite, Plagioclase, Pyrrhotite
Discovery year: 1939

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1876

Geology

References

MAS250170001
DEP10268259
Reference{Deposit:: DENNEN,WH,1943,A NICKEL DEPOSIT NEAR DRACUT,MASS: ECON GEOL,}{Deposit:: 1,PP 25-55.}{Deposit:: BROEDEL,CH,AND CORNWALL,CH,1954,NICKEL AND COBALT IN NEW ENG}{Deposit:: AND NEW YORK, NEW ENGLAND-NEW YORK INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE: M}{Deposit:: RESOURCES STUDY AND REPORT GROUP,PP 32-42.}{Deposit:: DUNN GEOSCIENCE CORP FILE ITEM: MEMORANDUM-JAMES R DUNN TO R}{Deposit:: F BEERS,MAY6 1959,SUBJECT: POND SETTLEMENT IRON ORE PROPERTY}{Deposit:: DRACUT NICKEL PROPERTY.}{Deposit:: DUNN GEOSCIENCE CORP FILE ITEM: MEMORANDOM-ROLAND F BEERS TO}{Deposit:: R DUNN,MAY 22,1959,SUBJECT: ASSAYOF NICKEL-BEARING SAMPLES,4}{Deposit:: 4B,DRACUT,MASS.}{Deposit:: NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS}{Deposit:: NOT ON RCF OR CMS LISTS 10/81}
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